3/2/2023 0 Comments Bmx course 80sThe kit might bear the name of little Johnny’s favourite manufacturer, but there are a couple of very special words missing from the race jersey.īut for the lucky few, for the greatest talents in our sport, their jerseys bear the word “team” somewhere in their design. The cost of bikes, travel and gear, the pre and post-race pep talks, the pit crew (Dad) changing gear ratios between motos – all are met by the funds raised from the old man trudging to the office in the rain each day. Moto winners come and go, even mains can sometimes be won on a fluke – but no-one gets sponsored unless they really have the right stuff! Let’s talk teams! Or more specifically, let’s talk eighties teams!įor most racers, the team with which they spend their racing careers is Factory Mum and Dad. But any kid that followed the BMX magazines in the pre and boom years of the eighties will tell you that there was always a hierarchy. Stand at the back of the start hill at any BMX race, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that the people queuing for their races in their brightly coloured gear are all equals.
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